“It would be physically impossible to get enough tea to make the lowest dose,” Cohen added. “You would require a thousand kilograms [2,200 lbs.] of the tea.”

The amounts found in the supplements zi xiu tang bee pollen capsules suggest that DMBA is synthetically mass-produced to create pharmaceutical effects, they said.

A website that appears to be located in China claims to sell large doses of DMBA. It describes DMBA as a substitute product developed to switch the now-banned DMAA.

How to stay safe?

The researchers called around the regulatory agencies to warn consumers and remove DMBA all dietary supplements.

But in the meantime, consumers taking supplements can’t do much to avoid untested drugs, because new drugs replace people with drawn attention, Cohen said.

“It’s impossible for customers to be able to tell by reading the label which has experimental drugs in it, and which doesn’t,” Cohen said. “What consumers can perform is always to avoid using any supplement that’s being sold as though it’s going to enhance your athletic performance, help you slim down or sharpen your opinions.”

For Formerly Obese, Stigma Remains Even After Weight Is Lost
Carlos Romero’s apartment is marked with remnants from his former life: a huge television from his days playing World of Warcraft and two jeans the width of an easy chair. The magic slim diet pills remnants of this timewhen he weighed 437 poundsmark his body too: loose, hanging skin and stretch marks.

“I lift weights and exercise and work hard, there is however lasting damage,” said Romero.

Carlos Romero and girlfriend Kate Rowe sit down for any meal they cooked together at Romero’s apartment in Seattle (Photo by Mike Kane/NPR).